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KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Academic Services Instructional Administrators Meeting Minutes March 25, 2009 Room 3340 – TTC

Present: Dennis Bertch, Grant Chandler, Debbie Dawson, Gail Fredericks, Carol Orr, Jim Taylor, Jim Turcott Absent: Bruce Kocher

1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by D. Bertch.

2. Approval of March 18, 2009 minutes: The minutes of March 18, 2009 were approved as corrected. (.... plans are to take Moodle down again Friday, March 20.)

3. Cabinet Update: Dennis reported on the March 17, 2009 Cabinet meeting.  Mentioned concerns regarding employees, faculty and students bringing children to campus.  New fees are being charged by the post office to return undeliverable presorted first class mail. ($4.50 per piece)  Dennis shared a copy of changes to the employee handbook regarding employee conduct and standards of behavior. S. Bohnet will e-mail the updated policies to the college community. Minutes of the meeting will be forwarded once approved by the Cabinet.

4. Strengths Discussion: No further discussion.

5. Reality Check: J. Turcott noted that he has received some complaints regarding the noise level from the piano practice rooms when classes are in session and will talk to Mike Collins about possible solutions.

6. Kudos!  To Dave Posther (Artists’ Forum). The Howard Tate performance held Saturday, March 21 was excellent.

7. Travel/Professional Development: D. Dawson will bring forward a request for faculty to travel to Chicago the first weekend in May to attend a wind energy conference.

8. Other  D. Dawson . Expressed her thanks to all for their assistance during her absence. . Provided updates on grants that have been submitted to the Department of Labor & Economic Growth. KVCC is part of a consortium consisting of Macomb Community College, Montcalm Community College, and Westshore Community College who is the fiduciary agent. o Wind Energy/Advanced Manufacturing for $500,000. o Solar Energy for $325,000. . Reported on the collaboration between Drafting, Welding, HVAC, and Machine Tool and noted that the students are building toolboxes.  Fulbright materials were shared.  G. Chandler asked the deans to send him the names of any full-time faculty interested in serving on the part-time faculty development committee.  J. Taylor . Provide an update on accreditation o The response to the EMS accreditation site visit findings has been sent. o The self study for MAT is due in April with a site visit in August. o DHY accreditation will be in 2010. . Reported that the articulation agreement with KRESA is complete and the VBISD and Allegan articulation agreements should be completed mid-April.  Briefly reviewed what we need to do regarding material fees. . NOTE: This topic will be on the April 8, 2009 agenda instead of April 1.

9. Next Meeting – The next meeting will be held April 1, 2009 in room 3340.

10. Adjournment – The meeting was adjourned 8:55 am.

Respectfully Submitted, Carol Orr